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RESPONSIVENESS TO EMERGENCY

Accident is what it is because it is unplanned and unwanted, however accident is one of the inevitable of life. The 29th of August 2019 witnessed a fatal accident involving a BRT bus and a Dangote Truck at Ikorodu, Ogolonto that led to loss of lives and severely wounded individuals. Health Emergency Initiative intervened with […]

THE FIGHT AGAINST MALNUTRITION

  Malnutrition accounts for 54 percent of child mortality worldwide, while Nigeria has the second highest burden of stunted children in the world, with a national prevalence rate of 32 percent of children under five years of age. An estimated 2 million children in Nigeria suffer from severe acute malnutrition (SAM), but only two out […]

THE BLACK AND WHITE OF ROAD SAFETY: ZEBRA-CROSSING

  The first month of schools’ resumption is gradually rolling off and we steadily proceed further ‘ember’ months where road safety officials have been preaching the gospel of drive safely, obey traffic laws, don’t drink drive, don’t receive use your phones while driving etc. Really, if you are to do a self-appraisal of yourself, can […]

CONSISTENCY OF LOVE

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Have you ever wondered how little gestures actually make the difference, how little drops of water make a big ocean or how droplets of rain results to heavy flood? The reason is consistency. Being consistent in any venture or task makes for lifetime impact. Health Emergency Initiative (HEI) since 2015 has been consistently coming through […]

Save a life with CPR

  CPR means cardiopulmonary resuscitation also called controlled pressure respiration. CPR is a lifesaving medical procedure performed on someone who has a cardiac arrest/ heart attack in order to help the heart pump blood. Performing CPR to an unconscious person/cardiac arrest patient almost immediately increases the patient’s chances for survival. Learn these CPR steps now […]

SAVE A LIFE WITH EMERGENCY HELPLINES

Mr Jide and his family travelled for his sister’s wedding at Ijebu Ode, on their way back to Lagos when they got to Abeokuta, they had an accident. Mr Jide being a Lagosian knows Lagos’ 112 and 767 emergency helplines but didn’t have a clue of any emergency helplines outside Lagos nor the first aid […]

A mother saved her child from the cold arms of death with the first responders training

Mrs John was at home with her only daughter Sarah when the little girl of four years old suddenly started gasping for breath. In the blink of an eye before the girl hit the floor Mrs John caught Sarah, quickly carried her and placed her on the blanket laid on the floor where Sarah had […]

CHILD SAVED FROM MALNUTRITION

Hauwa’s boyfriend, a conductor denied pregnancy which produced a set of twin and left her to fend for herself and the newly-born twin who are boys. Hauwa had no definite shelter, she sometimes sleeps in Danfo bus with her babies at night while she worked as a plate washer during the day in a restaurant […]

HOW TO SAVE A DYING ADULT

You are at the bus station when the person beside you just slumped and started gasping for breathe, what will you do? Will you just stand there and watch or you will bring out your phone to record? What exactly will you do? Here are the things you can do to help save a dying […]

NO LITTLE GIVING

Mrs Frances came to the hospital with her seven years old son,George who was ill, she was told to bring N1500 for George’s anti-tetanus treatment. The concerned mother said she didn’t have the money and requested that her son should be allowed to stay in the hospital while she goes to source for the money, […]